Extracurricular
- Writer/Design Panel Member
- Yearbook Production 2011 to Now
- I instruct and guide middle- and high- schoolers in reporting, writing, and layout design.
- Service Project Planner
- Youth Service Team 2011 to Now
- I work with a team of 8 students to coordinate and plan service projects for youth group, such as World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine. I also take attendance and greet newcomers.
- (supervisor)
- Co-Leader
- Bible Study 2010 to 2010
- I mentored middle-school-aged girls and prepared and co-led weekly meetings.
- Blogger at Unusual Passions
- Blogging and Reviewing 2010 to Now
- I write for a personal blog on Wordpress.com (http://alishanewton.wordpress.com/). I have reviewed products and restaurants including Bora Bora Organic Foods and Newman’s Own Organics.
- Bracelet-Maker and Seller
- Bracelets4Education 2011 to Now
- I make and sell friendship bracelets as part of my non-profit initiative to support Cuatro Christian School in Manila, Philippines.
- Team Member
- Teen Missions Trip to China 2010 to 2010
- I fundraised over $5,000 to go to China with Teen Missions International. In China, working with Evergreen Ministries, our team of 20 students spent 7 weeks constructing a pergola, picnic tables, benches, and a small fish pond. I also taught English to Chinese students at a week-long camp.
- Team Member
- Teen Missions Trip to France 2008 to 2008
- I raised over $5,000 to go to France. In France, we spent 6 weeks restoring and repainting over 100 chateâu shutters.
Experience
- Graphic Designer
- JAARS, Inc. (Design)
- 2011 to 2011
- I collaborated with customers and coworkers to create posters, booklets, and inserts. I gained experience with Adobe InDesign CS5 (layout design software).
Education
- High School
- Parkwood High School, Monroe, NC
- 2009 to 2013
Honors & Awards
Parkwood High Positive Attitude Concerning Education (PACE) Award, 2010
Parkwood High Science Dept. Award, 2011
NC Governor's School nomination, 2011
Specialties & Skills
Experienced with photography, filming, and graphic design
*Achievements in English:
Earned a credit for peer tutoring English III
Nominated for English to NC Governor's School
Maintained a 100 average in AP English Language
Published in Teen Ink literary magazine
Poetry Slam finalist at Parkwood High
Earned a perfect score on the writing section of the SAT
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
May 8, 2012
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
March 20
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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Fluent Language:
English
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Hometown:
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Interests
- Badminton
- Education
- Religion
- Biking
- Humanities
- Journalism & Communication
- Church
- Cross Country
- Psychology
- Graphic Design
- Environment
- Photography
- Film
- Fitness
- NHS - National Honor Society
- Poetry
- Swimming & Diving
- Yearbook
- Yoga
Favorites
- Movies:
Tron Legacy
Seven Pounds
The Ultimate Gift
Passion of the Christ
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Amazing Grace
Gone with the Wind
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Botany of Desire
GATTACA
Pride & Prejudice (BBC)
A Beautiful Mind
Bourne Identity
Twelve Angry Men - TV Shows:
NUMB3RS
Monk
LOST - Music:
Jars of Clay
The Afters
Josh Garrels
Campaign
Switchfoot
The Hawk in Paris
Mumford & Sons
The Piano Guys - Websites:
Facebook
Wordpress
friendship-bracelets.net
Netflix
Flickr
BibleGateway
Twitter
MapMyRun
Goodreads - Quotes:
"My extensive lexicon is the direct result of my voracious reading, although it has led to my amusing...tendency to mispronounce words that I have only ever encountered before in writing and never actually heard."
"Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is."
William James, psychologist and philosopher
"You will never find the time for things. If you want time, you must make it."
Charles Buxton, English writer
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA
"Words—so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
Nathaniel Hawthorne, novelist - Books:
The Land by Mildred Taylor
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupery
Truefaced by Bill Thrall
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anu Garg
Agatha Christie








